Radio circuit arrangement



Sept. 29, 1953 w. w. BOELRENS 2,654,026

RADIO CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT Filed 001;. 22. 1949 b 4 -z -a -6 -7 #0 INVENTOR. WILLEM WI GE R BOELENS AGENT Patented Sept. 29, 1953 U N IFTE D "STATES NT OFF [6E1 RADIO' GIBOUIT ARRANGEMENT ,1 Willem -Wigger;Boelens, Eindhoven Netherlaagds,

'assignor toIHartford National Bank and Trust Company, Hartford, ,Conm as trustee Application"October-"22, 1949, Serial No.12%,'951- [In the Netherlands October-273948 a 3: Claims.

Theizinvention relates; to .radio receiving cir- Quit ra1:rangaernents,v more particularly for; frequencyrmodulated oscillations; with; automatic gain, control and comprising means to: suppress unwanted-r amplitude v modulation of 1 the signal oscillations I j In; a known circuit-arrangement"'for receive ing-irequencwmodulated oscillations, means are proridedmto suppress undue amplitude. modulartion-in which the :ioscillations,producediacross the output, of; the circuitarrangementgare detected by: an amplitude; detectors and an; auxiliary) oscillation correspondingyto the unwanted-amplitude modulation is developed; Thisis supplied, .as a -modulatingoscillation, tovone of: the tube: stages in. the-.. receivingchannelbeforez the said amplitude detector;

.oiwhichlias the said auxiliary oscillationandthe other an,automatic gain control-fvoltage setup in it.

There is a limitation in that in the rectifier of the amplitude detector, for example a diode,

a variable potential is effective at the cathode.

The invention has for its object to mitigate this disadvantage, so that the said diode may be readily combined with one of the other tubes included in the receiving channel.

The invention is based on recognition of the fact that the tube, or more generally an amplifying device, comprising two control-electrodes can be anomalously adjusted in a manner such that for suppressing the unwanted amplitude modulation the phase of the auxiliary oscillation must be inversed.

The invention is characterized by an electric amplifying device with the use of which the signal oscillation is amplified and modulated in phase opposition to the unwanted amplitude modulation, a control-electrode of this device having the auxiliary oscillation supplied to it, while the amplified auxiliary oscillation produced across one of the other electrodes of the 2:, amplifying Ldevice ied -as-a modulatingoscillation ,3 to theotherscontrolelectrode of z the amplif-yingz; dezvice; the,-amplif-ying; device for the auxiliary oscilla-tion-j-being anomalously; adjusted so; that across-a :fllten included in the, outputof the amplitudeaadetector both the" automatic: gain control-voltage and: thegsaid auxiliary-oscillation are produced.

In order that the invention may be readily carried into effect, one example i-will-now-be described? indetail-with:referencevtoithe accompanning drawings: 0 which:

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- ashigh-irequency preeampl-ifier, after which they are-fed; ifisnecessa-ry. Saftemhaying passed through several-'1' subsequentestages; SUCIIRHES a mixing stage; toz the second control-grid; of electric amplifying: device:- 21-: comprising;- two electrodes Wendel-5 whichnin 'thispexamplerisan} electric dischargeztuberof theheptodatypew The output of thenampliiyingdfifice; zrzcomprisesa tuned output '2 circuit 1| 8s across: which-.1thmoscillations aresset iupethesunwanted: amplitudeamodulation (Of? which: is: suppressedzc For: this; purpose; the oscillations are fedfiviaethez circuit I 8 1 .an emplitude:idetector1 3l.h'auirrg;zan.i output filter: 4 comprising asresistance izand aascondensen'. 62, across which isiproduced rarrauxiliary oscillationiwhich is also+fed to-the first control-,electro de {5:1 of

the amplifying device 2. A filter l included in the screen-grid I6 of this amplifying device has produced across it an amplified auxiliary oscillation which is fed to the other control-electrode, i. e. the control-electrode M with the result that a modulation of the signal oscillations corresponding to the unwanted amplitude modulation is obtained.

Fig. 2 shows the modulation percentage of the output oscillation per mv., if, for measuring purposes the connection between filter 4 and grid I5 is interrupted by operating the switch 28 and a separate auxiliary oscillation source 30 is connected into the circuit. In the case, it is observed that in the full part the modulation produced exhibits an anomalous character in that as the voltage across the control-grid [5 becomes higher negative and hence the amplified voltage across the control-grid I4 becomes less negative the conversion conductance of the amplifying device is decreased. It is surprising to find that this modulation, particularly in the part a, has a high value, so that satisfactory suppression of the unwanted. amplitude modulation can be obtained, whilst the phase of the auxiliary voltage across the filter I has such polarity that this voltage can be fed, if necessary through a low-frequency smoothing filter 22, also as an automatic gain control-voltage to the control-grid of the tube. This voltage, may moreover, be taken from the terminal I2 and be fed to a tuning eye, by which correct tuning of the receiving circuit is indicated.

Of course, the switch 29 and the source 30 are missing from the final receiving circuit,

The circuit-arrangement shown in Fig. 1 may be modified in several ways. Thus, for example, the auxiliary oscillation may be fed to the grid I and the amplified auxiliary oscillation may be taken from the anode circuit of tube 2 and be fed to the control-grid M, or the auxiliary oscillation may be fed to the control-grid l4 and the amplified auxiliary oscillation may be taken from the screen-grid circuit H5, or from the anode circuit of the discharge tube 2, the amplified auxiliary oscillation being then fed to the control-grid l5. Furthermore, the input oscillation may be rendered effective in the circuit of the controlgrid l5 substituted for the circuit of the controlgrid I4.

What I claim is:

1. In a receiver for a frequency modulated input wave exhibiting an unwanted amplitude modulation component, a system for amplifying said input wave While suppressing said unwanted component comprising an electron discharge tube having a cathode, two control grids and two additional electrodes, means to apply operating potentials to the respective electrodes of said tube, an input circuit coupled to one of said grids to apply said input wave thereto, an output circuit coupled to one of said additional electrodes to derive an amplified input wave therefrom, rectifier means coupled to said output circuit to extract from the amplified input Wave an auxiliary oscillation corresponding to said unwanted component, means coupled to said rectifier means to apply said auxiliary oscillation to the other of said grids, means coupled to the other of said additional electrodes to derive an amplified auxiliary oscillation therefrom, and means to apply said amplified auxiliary oscillation to said one of said grids to produce intermodulation with the input wave, said operating potentials having relative values at which said intermodulation brings about substantial suppression of said unwanted component.

2. In a receiver, as set forth in claim 1, further including a preamplifying stage coupled to said input circuit for applying said input wave thereto and wherein said rectifying means in said system includes further means to produce a control voltage corresponding to the mean value of the input wave, said control voltage and said auxiliary oscillation produced by said rectifying means becoming more negative relative to a reference potential as a function of increasing amplitude values of said input wave, and means to apply said control voltage to said stage to effect automatic volume control thereof.

3. In a receiver for a frequency modulated input wave exhibiting an unwanted amplitude modulation component, a system for suppressing said unwanted component While amplifying said input wave, said system comprising an electron discharge tube having a cathode, first and second grids, a screen grid and an anode, means to apply operating potentials to the respective electrodes of the tubes, a resonant input circuit coupled to said first grid to apply said input Wave thereto, a resonant output circuit coupled to said anode to derive an amplified input wave therefrom, rectifier means coupled to said output circuit to extract from the amplified wave an auxiliary oscillation corresponding to said unwanted component, means coupled to said rectifier means to apply said auxiliary oscillation to said second grid, a network coupled to said screen grid to obtain an amplified auxiliary oscillation therefrom, means coupled to said network to apply said amplified auxiliary oscillation to said first grid to produce intermodulation with said input Wave, the operating potentials on said electrodes having relative values at which said intermodulation effectively cancels out said unwanted component.

WILLEM WIGG-ER BOELENS.

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